2011–12 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Raith Rovers's third consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[1] Raith Rovers also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Raith Rovers
2011–12 season
ManagerScotland John McGlynn
StadiumStark's Park
Scottish First DivisionSeventh place
Challenge CupSecond round, lost to Ayr United
League CupSecond round, lost to Airdrie United
Scottish CupFourth round lost to Greenock Morton
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scotland Brian Graham (11)

All:
Scotland John Baird (13)
Highest home attendance3,629 vs. Dundee, 2 January 2012
Lowest home attendance1,416 vs. Hamilton Academical, 26 November 2011
Average home league attendance1,933

Summary

Raith Rovers finished seventh in the First Division.[2] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

8 July 2011
19:30
Friendly
Arbroath 2–1 Raith Rovers Gayfield Park, Arbroath
Swankie 57', 68' Raith Rovers Report Baird 66' Attendance: 294
Referee: Stephen Finnie
9 July 2011
15:00
Friendly
Montrose 1–0 Raith Rovers Links Park, Montrose
Boyle 40' Raith Rovers Report Referee: Craig Charleston
16 July 2011
13:00
Gilvenbank Hotel Football Festival Semi-Final
East Fife 0 – 0
7 – 6 (pens.)
Raith Rovers Bayview Stadium, Methil
Raith Rovers Report Referee: Craig Charleston
17 July 2011
13:00
Gilvenbank Hotel Football Festival 3rd Place Play-Off
Southend United 0 – 0 Raith Rovers Bayview Stadium, Methil
Raith Rovers Report Referee: John Beaton

Scottish First Division

6 August 2011
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 1 – 0 Falkirk Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Hamill 45' BBC Sport Dods Yellow card 89' Red card Attendance: 2,695
Referee: Charlie Richmond
13 August 2011
15:00
First Division
Queen of the South 1 – 3 Raith Rovers Palmerston Park, Dumfries
Smith 45' (pen.), Red card 87' BBC Sport Baird 67', 77'
Graham 88'
Attendance: 1,602
Referee: Alan Muir
20 August 2011
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Morton Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Reynolds 30' BBC Sport Di Giacomo 38' Attendance: 2,109
Referee: Charlie Richmond
27 August 2011
15:00
First Division
Ayr United 2 – 1 Raith Rovers Somerset Park, Ayr
Moffat 23'
Robertson 90'
BBC Sport Callachan Red card 28'
Hamill 34'
Attendance: 1,570
Referee: Mat Northcroft
10 September 2011
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
BBC Sport O'Donnell Yellow card 28' Red card
Riley 86'
Attendance: 2,459
Referee: Crawford Allan
24 September 2011
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Ross County Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
BBC Sport Boyd 82' Attendance: 1,479
Referee: John McKendrick
29 October 2011
15:00
First Division
Falkirk 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Alston 77'
Dods 82'
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,628
Referee: Steve Conroy
5 November 2011
15:00
First Division
Dundee 1 – 0 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
Conroy 83' BBC Sport Attendance: 4,258
Referee: Calum Murray
12 November 2011
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Ayr United Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
BBC Sport Graham 10' (o.g.) Attendance: 2,038
Referee: John Beaton
3 December 2011
15:00
First Division
Ross County 4 – 2 Raith Rovers Victoria Park, Dingwall
Quinn 28'
McMenamin 45', 62'
Gardyne 81'
BBC Sport Walker 12', 36' Attendance: 2,698
Referee: Craig Charleston
10 December 2011
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Livingston Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
BBC Sport Barr 56' Attendance: 1,604
Referee: Crawford Allan
26 December 2011
15:00
First Division
Ayr United 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Somerset Park, Ayr
Tiffoney 63' BBC Sport Baird 42' Attendance: 1,407
Referee: John McKendrick
2 January 2012
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Dundee Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
BBC Sport Hyde 37' Attendance: 3,629
Referee: David Somers
14 January 2012
15:00
First Division
Morton 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Cappielow, Greenock
O'Brien 65' BBC Sport Murray 55' Attendance: 1,739
Referee: Kevin Clancy
21 January 2012
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 2 – 2 Falkirk Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Murray 27'
Baird 33'
BBC Sport El Alagui 36'
Dods 63'
Attendance: 2,026
Referee: John Beaton
11 February 2012
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 1 – 1 Ross County Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Walker 89' BBC Sport Craig 53' Attendance: 1,702
Referee: Calum Murray
18 February 2012
15:00
First Division
Livingston 4 – 0 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
Jacobs 17'
McNulty 48', 60', 70' (pen.)
BBC Sport Davidson Red card 69' Attendance: 1,929
Referee: Brian Colvin
25 February 2012
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Graham 63'
Baird 72'
BBC Sport Doolan 28'
Paton Red card 68'
Attendance: 1,535
Referee: Kevin Clancy
3 March 2012
15:00
First Division
Raith Rovers 5 – 0 Morton Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Graham 36', 46'
Baird 59'
J.Walker 86'
Williamson 90'
BBC Sport Attendance: 1,480
Referee: George Salmond
24 March 2012
15:00
First Division
Dundee 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Dens Park, Dundee
Finnigan 6' BBC Sport Casalinuovo 45' Attendance: 4,118
Referee: William Collum
10 April 2012
19:45
First Division
Raith Rovers 0 – 3 Livingston Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
BBC Sport Boulding 17' (pen.), 45', 55' Attendance: 1,541
Referee: Iain Brines
21 April 2012
15:00
First Division
Falkirk 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
El Alagui 11'
Alston 67'
BBC Sport Graham 24' (pen.), 45', 69' Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Bobby Madden
5 May 2012
15:00
First Division
Greenock Morton 1 – 3 Raith Rovers Cappielow, Greenock
Hawke 77' BBC Sport Walker 16'
Clarke 52', 54'
Attendance: 1,813
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

30 July 2011
15:00
Scottish League Cup round 1
Montrose 1 – 4 Raith Rovers Links Park, Montrose
Winter 20' BBC Sport Williamson 31'
Walker 52'
Baird 54'
Thomson 77'
Attendance: 614
Referee: Brian Colvin

Scottish Challenge Cup

Fife Cup

30 August 2011
19:00
Fife Cup Semi-Final
Dunfermline Athletic 0 – 1 Raith Rovers East End Park, Dunfermline
Raith Rovers FC Graham 90' Attendance: 524
Referee: David McGeachie
6 October 2011
19:30
Fife Cup Final
Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Cowdenbeath Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Graham 1', 20', 52' Raith Rovers FC Attendance: 320
Referee: David McGeachie

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
DF Grant Murray Scotland 41 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012[6][7]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Challenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO David McGurn 39034+001+002+002+00
GK Scotland SCO Ross Laidlaw 202+000+000+000+00
GK France FRA Ludovic Roy 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Laurie Ellis 37130+211+002+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Dougie Hill 30028+100+000+100+00
DF Scotland SCO Grant Murray 41236+021+002+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Willie Dyer 38030+400+002+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Colin Wilson 100+100+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Reece Donaldson 26021+001+002+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Jason Thomson 11011+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Ross Callachan 801+500+000+200+00
MF Scotland SCO Iain Davidson 25021+201+000+001+00
MF Scotland SCO David Low 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Scott McBride 601+300+001+000+10
MF Scotland SCO Allan Walker 41436+031+002+012+00
MF Scotland SCO Andy Walls 100+000+000+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Joe Hamill 38330+331+002+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Danny Thomson 1614+800+002+011+10
MF Germany GER Denis Prychynenko 514+110+000+000+00[8]
MF Scotland SCO Jason Holt 513+210+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Jamie Walker 24310+1330+100+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Lewis Vaughan 100+100+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Jonny Stewart 401+300+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Stephen Reynolds 1511+1010+001+100+20
FW Scotland SCO John Baird 391334+1101+002+011+02
FW Scotland SCO Brian Graham 281119+5110+001+102+00
FW Scotland SCO Iain Williamson 31217+1011+001+012+00
FW Scotland SCO David Smith 916+210+100+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Pat Clarke 1657+841+010+000+00
FW Argentina ARG Damián Casalinuovo 1639+631+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
ScotlandGKDavid McGurn 3000000030
ScotlandGKRoss Laidlaw 0000000000
FranceGKLudovic Roy 0000000000
ScotlandDFLaurie Ellis 3000000030
ScotlandDFDougie Hill 2100000021
ScotlandDFGrant Murray 3010000040
ScotlandDFWillie Dyer 5000101070
ScotlandDFColin Wilson 0000000000
ScotlandDFReece Donaldson 1000000020
ScotlandDFJason Thomson 3000000030
ScotlandMFRoss Callachan 1100000011
ScotlandMFIain Davidson 7100000071
ScotlandMFDavid Low 0000000000
ScotlandMFScott McBride 0000000000
ScotlandMFAllan Walker 4000100050
ScotlandMFAndy Walls 0000000000
ScotlandMFJoe Hamill 2000000020
ScotlandMFDanny Thomson 0000000000
Germany[8]MFDenis Prychynenko 2000000020
ScotlandMFJason Holt 0000000000
ScotlandMFJamie Walker 3000000030
ScotlandMFLewis Vaughan 0000000000
ScotlandMFJonny Stewart 1000000010
ScotlandFWStephen Reynolds 0000000000
ScotlandFWJohn Baird 5000100060
ScotlandFWBrian Graham 5100100061
ScotlandFWIain Williamson 3000000030
ScotlandFWDavid Smith 0000000000
ScotlandFWPat Clarke 1010000020
ArgentinaFWDamián Casalinuovo 1000000010

Awards

Last updated 14 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland John McGlynn[9] First Division Manager of the Month April

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39 +11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 49 3 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 55 15 42
9 Ayr United (R) 36 9 11 16 44 67 23 38 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Transfers

Rovers started the season by releasing 16 players.[10]

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